United Nations Day

Karnal: To mark the 76th anniversary of United Nations Day, Pratap Public School, Jarnailly Colony, Karnal, organised Model United Nation Assembly. Each year, the MUN assembly draws independent, discerning young minds to discuss, debate, and deliberate on pressing world issues and evolve as informed and responsible citizens of the 21st Century. This year the agenda of the MUN was discussion on the topic 'Crisis in Afghanistan'. The senior students represented as delegates from various member countries debated and provided viable solutions to combat terrorism in Afghanistan. The Director- Principal Poonam Navet applauded the efforts of the social science department for guiding the students well and putting up an informative show.

Workshop on computer tools

Faridabad: A five-day online workshop on ICT tools and techniques for non-teaching staff was organised by the computer science department of Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh recently. Principal Dr Krishan Kant Gupta said the main objective of the workshop was to enhance IT skills of non-teaching staff of the college. He said the IT skills were an essential component of the functioning of the college administration and its development. Head of computer science department, Dr Sachin Garg in his address stressed on the importance of office automation, excel, data retrieval, internet for the non-teaching staff. Meetender Kumar provided tips and tricks about certificate making, hardware, networking, troubleshooting, office automation, and use of the Internet with Google Apps etc.

Talk on creative writing skills

Faridabad: The "Young women's writers club" of Aggarwal College, Ballabgarh, held a talk on "Creative writing skills". According to Principal Dr Krishan Kant Gupta, the lecture was addressed mainly by Dr Sudarshan Ratnakar, storyteller and senior writer who has been given the best woman writer award by the Haryana Sahitya academy. In her lecture, Dr Ratnakar spoke in depth about several skills and techniques to hone creative writing at a young age. Around 50 students and the staff members, including convener of young women's writes club (YWWC) Kamal Tandon were present.

Four girl students shine

Karnal: Four girl students of M Com final year of evening session of RKSD College, Kaithal, have made the college proud by getting four places in the first 10 places of Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra. Purnima Goyal, a final year M Com student, has secured first place, Chahat Ahuja has secured third, Urvashi Mittal has secured seventh position and Riya Chugh has secured ninth position. Along with them, Monica Jindal, a final year student of B Com honours, has also brought laurels to the college by securing third position. President Saket Mangal and other managing committee office bearers blessed and congratulated the students and gave the credit of this achievement to the hard work of the teachers and students.